Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s \\\'Migration Trilogy\\\'

Authors : Berna Ekinci, Bengi Su Ertürkmen Aksoy

Pages : 687-702

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Publication Date : 2024-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study examines the representation of courtyards as women’s living spaces in the mise-en-scènes of Lütfi Ö. Akad’s Migration Trilogy (Göç Üçlemesi)—Gelin, Düğün, Diyet. Akad adopts a socially realistic perspective to explore internal migration in Istanbul, a significant issue in Turkey from the 1950s onward, through women-centered narratives. Each film portrays courtyards as vital living spaces for women, set within the context of migration and social change. To analyze the architectural dimensions of courtyards represented in the films, the study employs semiotic, analitic and hermeneutic methods to interpret their role as cinematic and architectural constructs. The article consists of two sections. The first contextualizes Akad’s filmmaking, examining the socio-political influences that guided his interest in migration films and his realist mise-en-scènes. The second explores the courtyard as an architectural setting, analyzing its portrayal as a women’s space through camera angles, spatial depth, prop usage, and user movement. Akad’s use of the camera as a realist lens frames the courtyard as both a central narrative and architectural element. By adopting a socially realistic approach, Akad depicts the courtyard as a living space that reflects the everyday realities of migration and gender, with various users, but primarily as a space for women. The courtyard, primarily represented as a space for women, reflects the everyday realities of migration and gender. Through the interplay of cinema and architecture, the study highlights how courtyards in Akad’s trilogy serve as dynamic spaces, reflecting the complexities of migration, gender, and modernity.
Keywords : sinema ve mimarlık, mizansen, Lütfi. Ö. Akad, Lütfi. Ö. Akad, Lütfi. Ö. Akad, Lütfi. Ö. Akad, göç üçlemesi, kadın, avlu